Women's World Chess Championship 2025
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Defending champion |
Challenger | ||
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 Ju Wenjun |
Tan Zhongyi | ||
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Born 31 January 1991 33 years old |
Born 29 May 1991 32 years old | ||
| Winner of the Women's World Chess Championship 2023 | Winner of the Women's Candidates Tournament 2024 | ||
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The Women's World Chess Championship 2025 will take place in 2025 as a match between Ju Wenjun, the current champion, and Tan Zhongyi, the winner of the Women's Candidates Tournament 2024.[1] Both players previously challenged for the world championship in May 2018, with Ju defeating then-world champion Tan 5½–4½ to win the title.
Candidates Tournament[edit]
The challenger, Tan Zhongyi, qualified by winning the Women's Candidates Tournament 2024, which was an eight-player double round-robin tournament.[2] It took place from 3 April to 22 April 2024 in Toronto, Canada.[3][4]
The eight players who competed were:
| Qualification method | Player | Age | Rating | Rank |
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| 2023 Women's World Championship runner-up | Lei Tingjie
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27 | 2550 | 4 |
| The top two finishers in the Women's Grand Prix 2022–23 |
 Kateryna Lagno[a] (winner)
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34 | 2542 | 6 |
| Aleksandra Goryachkina[a] (runner-up)
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25 | 2553 | 3 | |
| The top three finishers in the Women's Chess World Cup 2023[b] |
 Nurgyul Salimova (runner-up)
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20 | 2432 | 36 |
 Anna Muzychuk (third place)
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34 | 2520 | 8 | |
| The top two finishers in the Women's Grand Swiss 2023[c] |
 R Vaishali (winner)
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22 | 2475 | 15 |
| Tan Zhongyi (third place)
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32 | 2521 | 7 | |
| Highest-rated active player for January 2024[b] | Koneru Humpy
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37 | 2546 | 5 |
Results[edit]
| Rank | Player | Score | SB | Wins | Qualification | TZ | KH | LT | RV | AG | KL | NS | AM | |||||||||
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| 1 | Tan Zhongyi (CHN)
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9 / 14 | 60.5 | 5 | Advance to title match | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | |||
| 2[d] | Koneru Humpy (IND)
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7.5 / 14 | 52.25 | 3 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ||||
| 3[d] | Lei Tingjie (CHN)
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7.5 / 14 | 52 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ||||
| 4[d] | R Vaishali (IND)
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7.5 / 14 | 47.5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ½ | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | ||||
| 5 | Aleksandra Goryachkina (FIDE)
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7 / 14 | 47 | 2 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | ||||
| 6 | Kateryna Lagno (FIDE)
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6.5 / 14 | 45 | 1 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ||||
| 7[e] | Nurgyul Salimova (BUL)
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5.5 / 14 | 39.5 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ||||
| 8[e] | Anna Muzychuk (UKR)
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5.5 / 14 | 38.75 | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ||||
Tie-breakers for first place: (1) results in tie-break games for first place;
Tie breakers for non-first place: (1) results in tie-break games for first place, if any; (2) Sonneborn–Berger score (SB); (3) total number of wins; (4) head-to-head score among tied players; (5) drawing of lots.[8]
Note: Numbers in the crosstable in a white background indicate the result playing the respective opponent with the white pieces (black pieces if on a black background). This does not give information which of the two games was played in the first half of the tournament, and which in the second.
Notes[edit]
- ^ a b Russian players' flags are displayed as the FIDE flag, as FIDE banned Russian and Belarusian flags from FIDE-rated events in response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.[5]
- ^ a b Aleksandra Goryachkina finished first in the Women's Chess World Cup 2023, but had already qualified for the Candidates through the FIDE Women's Grand Prix 2022–23. She is replaced by Koneru Humpy, who was the highest-rated player on the January 2024 FIDE rating list who had played a minimum of 30 games.
- ^ Anna Muzychuk finished second in the Women's Grand Swiss 2023, but she had already qualified for the Candidates through the Women's Chess World Cup 2023. According to the regulations, the second spot for the Candidates via the Women's Grand Swiss was awarded to the highest finisher of the Grand Swiss who had not already qualified (3rd-place finisher Tan Zhongyi).[6]
- ^ a b c SB scores
- ^ a b SB scores
References[edit]
- ^ "Women's World Championship Cycle 2023-2025". World Chess Federation.
- ^ Carlos Alberto Colodro (April 22, 2024). "Tan Zhongyi convincingly wins Women's Candidates in Toronto". ChessBase. Retrieved April 22, 2024.
- ^ "Toronto will host the 2024 FIDE Candidates Tournaments". FIDE. 27 March 2023. Archived from the original on 9 July 2023. Retrieved 30 April 2023.
- ^ Levin, Anthony (28 March 2023). "FIDE Candidates, Women's Candidates 2024 To Be Held In Toronto". Chess.com. Archived from the original on 3 April 2023. Retrieved 30 April 2023.
- ^ FIDE Condemns Military Action; Takes Measures Against Russia, Belarus, chess.com, 28 February 2022
- ^ "Qualification for the FIDE Women's Candidates Tournament 2024" (PDF). FIDE.
- ^ "FIDE Candidates Tournament 2024". candidates.fide.com. Retrieved 2024-04-03.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
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External links[edit]
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| Knock-out format | |
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